Term 2, Week 4


Writing: 'What am I' published by Wednesday
English: Pages 16,17
Maths: Pages 33, 34
Spelling: Cricket ups commercial wicket and heads north.
New Zealand Cricket is moving temporarily up north but people have suspicions about New Zealand Cricket moving permanently.
executive
commercial
decisions
potentially
consultative
curiously
recommended
experience
presence
masses

Term 2, Week 8
Spelling: Mayor plans a second trip to booze alley
Mayor Len Brown is going to inspect an alley where
there is mayhem and mess.
scantily
gauge
queues
sequined
inebriation
assessments
alignment
liquor
licensing
Karangahape
Mayor Len Brown says he plans another early morning visit to Queen St and Karangahape Rd - this time without the taskforce - to better assess the problems. Pictures / Sarah Ivey.
Mayor Len Brown says he plans another early morning visit to Queen St and Karangahape Rd - this time without the taskforce - to better assess the problems. Pictures / Sarah Ivey.


Term 3, Week 1
Spelling: The Hobbit could become a trilogy - report
Peter Jackson, the director and producer of the Hobbit,
is thinking of turning his movie into a trilogy.
Link:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10819936
originally
previous
supplementary
appendices
Galadriel
premiere
pivotal
material
appearance
investigating

Peter Jackson says he wants to shoot more Hobbit material next year. Photo / Supplied
Peter Jackson says he wants to shoot more Hobbit material next year. Photo / Supplied

Term 3, Week 2.
Spelling: England: Game Plan for London Town.
The 4 main places for tourists in London for the 2012 Olympics are:
1. Panathinako Stadium
2. Horseguards Parade
3. Lake Serpentine
4. Admirality Arch
Link:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=10818434
Panathinaiko
reverberate
eclectic
discipline
prominent
forty-two-point-one-nine-five
parliament
Whitechapal
heyday
comprising
Beach volleyball at this year's Olympics is to be staged at Horseguards Parade, backing on to Downing St. Photo / AP
Beach volleyball at this year's Olympics is to be staged at Horseguards Parade, backing on to Downing St. Photo / AP


Term 3, Week 3
Spelling: Has Phelps lost his Golden touch?
USA Olympian, Michael Phelps, has earned his 1st silver Olympic medal in his career!
Yannick Agnel, a French Olympic swimmer, was the swimmer in the pool at the time the French pulled ahead and won.
Ryan Lochte was the swimmer in the pool representing the USA in the lap the Franch won.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/olympic-games/news/article.cfm?c_id=502&objectid=10823187
individual
Yannick
Lezak
Lochte
Phelps
Magnussen
Agnel
anchor
Cameron van de Burgh
Schmitt
Phelps glared at the scoreboard, trying to digest the first silver medal of his Olympic career. Photo / Getty Images.
Phelps glared at the scoreboard, trying to digest the first silver medal of his Olympic career. Photo / Getty Images.


Term 3, Week 6
Spelling: Greece: Warnings more myth than truth
Simon Calder argues with places like Canada and Australia who are saying
that Greece is a dangerous place. Canada is saying "exercise a high degree
of caution" one step short of "avoid non-essential travel" says Simon Calder.
Link:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=10828166
Aegean
foreign
Ukrainian
denomination
Mediterranean
gratification
quayside
serenity
achieve
continuum

Watching the sun set while sipping beer in Poros, Greece, ranks as one of travel's great pleasures. Photo / Getty Images
Watching the sun set while sipping beer in Poros, Greece, ranks as one of travel's great pleasures. Photo / Getty Images


Term 3, Week 8
Paralympics: New silver for Pascoe
New Zealand paralympic competor, Sophie Pascoe, has just earned another
silver medal in the womans 100m backstroke!!! Sophie was beaten by less
than a second by Canadian Summer Ashley Mortimer. In 3rd place was
South Africa's Shireen Sapiro.
Link:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10831807

Cantabrian
Weymouth
Dempse
paralympics
Shireen
individual
Oceania
freestyle
javelin
keelboat

Sophie Pascoe competes in the Women's 100m Backstroke. Photo / Getty Images
Sophie Pascoe competes in the Women's 100m Backstroke. Photo / Getty Images


Term 3, Week 8
Guy Trial: Make Macdonald pay in full - widow
Kylee Guy has made an emotional appeal to
New Zealand's leaders about Ewen Macdonald
who murdered her brother Scotty Guy.
Link:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10832942

emotional
Finlayson
appropriate
simultaneously
obscene
acknowledged
concurrent
cumulative
numerous
Ewen

Kylee Guy. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Kylee Guy. Photo / Mark Mitchell

Term 4, Week 3
Man on trial for toddlers murder
Joel Loffley is on trial for murdering 2 year old JJ
Lawrence by striking him so hard that one of the
toddler's internal organs burst.
Link:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10843598
irresistible
Lawrence
Loffley
Takitimu
investigation
consistent
evidence
adjourned
Keane
decision
Two-year-old James Joseph Ruhe Lawrence. Photo / supplied
Two-year-old James Joseph Ruhe Lawrence. Photo / supplied

Term 4, Week 4
Dunedin Death linked to huffing
A man was found dead in the Dunedin Botanical Gardens.
Police think he died from inhaling poisonous gas.
Link:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10845170

suspicious
scene
examination
nationwidey
extensive
induced
seriously
consequences
toxicologist
essentially

Term 4, Week 6
Study aims to unlock mystery of autism
Auckland University is hunting for genetic causes of autism.
This hunt has been secured by a 5-year government grant.

Link:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10848645

autism
society
behaviours
MacDiarmid
scientist
disease
Massachusetts
incidence
simultaneously
sequencing

Jessie Jacobsen became interested in the causes of autism spectrum disorders during her post-doctoral research in Massachusetts. Photo / Supplied
Jessie Jacobsen became interested in the causes of autism spectrum disorders during her post-doctoral research in Massachusetts. Photo / Supplied


Term 4, Week 7
Lotto winner: "I was completely stunned"
A South Island man who wishes to remain anonymous won
$20.5 million from Powerball Lotto. He bought his ticket on
a whim while in Invercargill to take part in the Burt Munro
Challenge - a week-long celebration of the motor-cycling
legend. The man says he doesn't play lotto every week
but he had $20 in his pocket so he decided to try.

Link:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10850517

vintage
anonymous
deliberately
millionaire
Invercargill
motor-cycling
decision
Windsor
completely
whim

The man kept his ticket in his wallet, hidden in his sock drawer. Photo / Wayne Drought
The man kept his ticket in his wallet, hidden in his sock drawer. Photo / Wayne Drought